Cornelius, NC — Elections 2008–2024

2024 presidential election

Cornelius

TrumpR+8.4

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	53.4%	10,638
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	45.0%	8,968
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	310

D+60

R+60

City boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2008–2024, on current city boundaries.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 2008–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
2008	−21.5%
2012	−28.8%
2016	−18.1%
2020	−8.1%
2024	−8.4%

DemocraticRepublican

5 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	45.0%Harris8,968	53.4%Trump10,638	1.6%	−8.4%	19,916
2020	R	45.2%Biden8,891	53.4%Trump10,491	1.4%incl. Jorgensen	−8.1%	19,654
2016	R	38.5%Clinton6,230	56.6%Trump9,151	4.9%incl. Johnson	−18.1%	16,181
2012	R	35.6%Obama4,969	64.4%Romney8,983	0.0%	−28.8%	13,952
2008	R	38.7%Obama4,766	60.2%McCain7,414	1.0%	−21.5%	12,306

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	CorneliusCity	North CarolinaState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	83.2%	61.8%	61.0%
Black	3.5%	20.3%	12.2%
Asian	3.2%	3.3%	6.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	8.2%	12.6%
Other race	2.2%	6.4%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	11.3%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$113,767	$72,388	$84,427
Poverty rate	5.4%	13.1%	12.5%
Median age	44	39.5	39.1
Age 18–24	9.2%	9.5%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	12.0%	17.2%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	49.2%	35.8%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	22.3%	13.5%	22.3%
Spanish	13.3%	8.7%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	2.2%	1.1%	2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island	1.9%	0.9%	1.1%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	English 9.3%	English 12.7%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	German 8.5%	German 9.4%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Irish 7.6%	Irish 8.4%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	15.5%County context	8.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	24.9%County context	26.5%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	38.4%County context	48.0%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	11.1%County context	9.1%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

English

9.3%

German

8.5%

Irish

7.6%

American

4.7%

Italian

4.1%

Scottish

1.9%

Polish

1.7%

Scotch-Irish

1.6%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

5.4%

Honduran

2.4%

Salvadoran

1.5%

Puerto Rican

1.1%

Dominican

0.8%

Colombian

0.8%

Guatemalan

0.7%

Cuban

0.6%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

African

1.4%

Nigerian

0.4%

Jamaican

0.4%

Ethiopian

0.3%

Haitian

0.2%

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

2.5%

Vietnamese

0.9%

Chinese

0.8%

Filipino

0.3%

Korean

0.3%

Burmese

0.3%

Cambodian

0.2%

Nepalese

0.2%

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 44.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.8%

1.4%

75–84

2.0%

3.3%

65–74

4.1%

5.3%

55–64

5.8%

6.2%

45–54

6.8%

7.2%

35–44

7.6%

8.4%

25–34

8.8%

4.5%

18–24

4.7%

8.4%

5–17

8.1%

3.3%

3.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$113,767

Cornelius$113,767

North Carolina$72,388

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

5.4%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1814.8%

Working age (18–64)9.0%

Seniors (65+)10.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

77.7%

speak English only

Spanish13.3%

Other Indo-European2.2%

Other Asian & Pacific Island1.9%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.9%

Other languages0.9%

Vietnamese0.7%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.6%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.6%

Arabic0.5%

German or other West Germanic0.3%

Korean0.2%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

24.9%

Catholic

15.5%

Mainline Protestant

11.1%

Black Protestant

2.9%

Muslim

2.9%

Other Christian

1.5%

Orthodox Christian

0.8%

Latter-day Saints

0.7%

Jewish

0.4%

Hindu

0.4%

Buddhist

0.3%

Other faiths

0.2%

Unaffiliated or not counted38.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Cornelius sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 28.8 points in 2012. The 2024 margin was 8.4 points.

A population of 32,783, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $113,767 describe the city.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Cornelius, North Carolina vote in 2024?

In 2024, Cornelius, North Carolina voted Republican by 8.4 points (R+8.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,916 votes cast, 8,968 went Democratic and 10,638 went Republican.

How many people live in Cornelius, North Carolina?

Cornelius, North Carolina has a population of 32,783 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Cornelius, North Carolina?

Median household income in Cornelius, North Carolina is $113,767 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.

What is the political history of Cornelius, North Carolina?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Cornelius, North Carolina from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.

Cornelius delivered R+8.4 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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